April 26th (1944) was a Wednesday. It's the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 250 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 26th April, 1944
» Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
» Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in Axis occupation of Greece called occupied Crete.
Famous Birthdays on April 26 in 1944
» Richard Bradshaw (conductor) e.g Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (d. 2007)
» Roger Coulam, English keyboard player (Blue Mink)
» Amien Rais, Indonesian politician
April 26th Famous Deaths for 1944
» Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
April 26th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
» Aldobrandesca
» Franca Visalta
» Lucidius of Verona
» Our Lady of Good Counsel
» Pope Anacletus and Pope Marcellinus or Marcellinus
» Richarius e.g Riquier
» Radbertus Paschasius
» Robert Hunt (chaplain) called Robert Hunt (Episcopal Church (USA))
» Stephen of Perm, see also Old Permic script named Old Permic Alphabet Day
» Trudpert
» April 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Confederate Memorial Day (States of Florida and Georgia (U.S. state) called Georgia)
» Public holidays in Belarus e.g Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl tragedy (Belarus)
» Latest day on which Easter Monday can fall, while March 23 is the earliest; celebrated on Monday after Easter.
» Public holidays in Tanzania known as Union Day (Tanzania)
» Vallenato Legend Festival usually begins on this day. (Valledupar, Colombia)